The Sun. — London, England, 1809-09-12 00:00:00

POETRY. TALAVERA , BY J. (INC, A 7RIVATE IN THE RENFREW MILITIA. Britons, anither laurel leaf Plays on tht wreath of yonder Chief ; Viaor, darkening in his grief, Luoks back (4q Talavera, He saw his Eagles, hapless things. -Wi' bluidy heAls and di ppet wings; He SIW the British Lion's springs, And lied frae talavera. Though Wisdom form'd his b.tttic-line, Aid gaed his thiclening coluinhs shine; Briton—superior ski!{ was thine, It shone on Talavera. The hills laugh, at the rashing rain; The rock defies the roarinz main; So Victor's hosts advant:'d in vain; They fell on Talavera. "invincible is Gallia's host l" Was once Napoleon's thoughtless boast; But al, ! the magic spell is lost, Dissolv'clon Talavera. Egypt still thunders in his ears ; The roar o' Maida:s field he hears; r'Osv fame to British valUur rears A stone on 'Talavera. U ye, %%ha fell in days o' yore, Look up frae 'mong your lionourd gore; See—Vidor two to one and more, Retreats frae Talavera, Joseph beheld the spreading woe ; Saw the red-streams o' battle flow ; Ills trembling heart many a throe Was rent on Talavera. But Anglia sings her hero's praise; The pipe-notes swell on Scotia's braes ; rae Erin's harpiteroic lays Are heard o' Talavera. Private letters from Cadiz state, that as. - soon as the retreat of Lord WELL;Ting,.and the causes which rendered it indispensably necessary, 'were - known at Seville, Lord WELLESLEY arplied to the Junta, and made so forcible a representation to them of the im mediate urgency of - resorting to vigorous and ef feaual means of furnishing the combined armies with means of transport, provisions, &c. &c.. that his Excellency prevailed upon them to put all the horses,. mules, carriages, &c. in Seville in. requisi• tion, not excepting those belonging' .to the Junta themselves; and that his example might strengthen and confirm his advice, his Excellency began .by or dering off his own carriages.and horses, and every thing of the sort he had , at. his disposal. • EXTRACTS .OF A LETTER FROM CADIZ, DATED A GU 2h. " We have aixoutits kie, that an Austrian mes senger has arrived at Gibraltar, on his way to Se . viile. The merchants of this pia( e have •drawn up a Peti tion to the Junta, praying that they may he allowed to export from. Cadiz to the Spanish Settlements, cotton goods of every description.. Marquis Welles ley undertook to present the Petition, and the best results are calculated upon. The trade. here conti nues pretty brisk. " Since the arrival of-Marquis Wellesley at Se ville, he has been unceasing in his endeavours to cure the evident decrepitude of the Junta, to whom a proposition has been made to exalt the Archbishop of Toledo to , the Regency of the Kingdom. It is also understood that the whole of the Junta (with the exception of four or five of the Members) are imme diately to be removed. The people of .Spain are at tached to their country,- but they know they have been frequently betrayed by their Government, and are highly rejoiced that their Councils are to be purged of its suspected members. AUG. 23.—The battle of Talavera was glorious to the Briiish•troops and to the few Spanish regi men ts• engaged ; but I am sorry to say it has not been followed with those favourable results which we had just reason.to expert. Many - causes had prevented this .blow from being followed up: . Among others, a want of provisions, limn the gross misconduct in the Com missary Department of the Spaniards, had been most severely felt. A want•of energy prevails in every branchtof the aE.tual Spanish .Government. This is almost inseparable from ,an unwieldy executive power composed 'of thirty-six individuals. A change, I apprehend, will soon take place, and the Junta, which has entirely lost the confidence of the nation,. will probably give place to a Regency. There may be still time,by a new organization of the Spanish armies, and other energetic measures, to give a favourable direa ion to. that' enthusiasm and patriotic spirit w hich you may be assured still exists unabated among the people." At seven o'clock on Friday night the 3d regiment of Guards was mustered, and about 600 of the ablest men were dtanghted, who were ordered to be in rea diness to march. At the barrack in Portman-street, another draught was mace at the same time, and bot h detachments marched on Saturday morning. Another draught has been mule from the 2d regiment guar. tered in Westminster. The brigade of Guards, oil their return from Flushing,.and several other corps, ha►-e the same destination. Thirteen French prisoners made their escape from the Nntlter prison-ship, in Hamoaze,. on Stlmlay se . -night, by ct...itintr, their way - tnrough two decks into the' hold, and from the lower port=holes swimming ashore ;. some parties crf marines, how ever, having been sent in pursuit, five of them were retaken., and the capture of the remaining eight was confidently expeeied. . The Marquis of HUNTLEY and several other Offi cerS arrived in town yesterday from the Scheldt, and almost the whole of the military force embarked in the-- . expedition (with the exception of- 15;000 lett to garrison Flushing and the other towns of Wal cheren) are now either returned or on their way !come. POL haNstox-Housz.—Yesterday two porters in the employ of Mr. Openheime, a merchant, in Aldgate, were examined on a charge of defratiding their mas ter of a quantity of sponge, arid other articles: The prisoners were remanded for fu c rther examination on Thursday. Two men were charged with obstruaing Edwards, one of the City Officers; in the execution of,his duty. The complainant endeavoured to execute a warrant on a persori who ran into the Bull Inn, Bishopsgatc street, when a mob assembled to ob•trua him, and behaved - in a riotous manner.' The defendants were seleEted as the most a6Aive. One or'thern said in his defence, that he only endeavoured to keep the mob out of his mastet's yard, where he was packing goods to go by the coach, and that he did not know the officer. His master, Mr. Marsh, proprietor of the Bud fin, also gave him a good chara&er, and he was discharged. The other defendant stated that he did not know the officer, and as his conduct was cot very flagrant, he, was dismissed with suitable ad vice. THAMES POLICE OFFICE. Yesterday Mary• Trfier, only t3_ years of age, was charged with steal ing a horse and cart on Saturday forenoon, !oat of Spitalfields Market, the pmperty of Elizabeth Tho mas, dealer in fruit and green-grocery, with which it was loaded, when she drove it to Scott's-fields, Hackney-road, where she unharnessed the horse,. and led it to some s!reet in Clerkenwell, and there sold it for a mere trifle, and is supposed to have been slaughtered, and sold for dog's meat; before this time, by the testimony of several respectable wit nesses. 'The faCt was established against her, add she was fully committed for trial. • The following melancholy accident happened' in the Strand yesterday :—As tire carriage of Mr. arigne, 'of Wimpoleetreet, was passing-along at a qiiick rate, the axletree broke, and one of the lore wheels flew before the carriage: the coachman re ceived a violent tall on the pavement, but fortunate ly no bones were broken. The horses started off at , full speed with two Gentlemen in the carriage, and they were not stopped until they got to Cockspur street, when the pole of the carria?e, penetrated a hackney coach. A gig was overturned ' by the carriage with ,two men in it, but they did not receive any material injury. Mr. Broome's carriage rested forward, near to the ground, without over-turning , and one of the Gentlemen, whose name we under;tand . to be MosS, received some injury in the allele, in jump ing out. . Sunday evening, about eight o'clock, as Mr. Wi therspoon, of Hackney, .was returning - home in his one horse chaise, accompanied by another Gentle- man, from Epping-forest, the animal beeame res tive near Lea .bridge, and ran the carriage on . 4 bank by the road-side, when it was overturned and near ly broken to pieces, by which both gentlemen were very much bruised.. They were attended by a Gen tleeian of the Jaculty, and were ceeveyed to their respective bodies in a coach; they are both in a fair Way of deit m a.well. . On Thurallay .se'nnight the Speedwell barge, of London, T. CLEWER,master, who had been taking in fir timber at Little Hampton, and sailed from thence on Thursday from London, had proceeded as far as Cuckmeres, where he was detained in a calm; and on Tuesday afternoon,- it came on to blow strong from the squth, with a heavy , swell which increased so fast, that about seven o'clock in the evening, the crew, consisting of the Master, Mate, the Mate's wife and daughter, and one boy, got into the boat, and stood for the shore. They had not left the ves sel but a short distance when the boat upset, and the Master, the Mate's wife, and his daughter, were un fortunately drowned. The Mate and boy were saved by two persons, who saw the boat upset. Af ter the Mate was taken from the water, a most me lancholy spectacle presented—his wife and daughter were still alive, .and floating on the water, close in with the shore ; he hastened to their assistance, and had caught hold of the cloaths of the girl, but from his exhausted state he let go and she perished. The Captain was washed ashore in about five minutes after he sunk, but the vital spark was gone; 'he has left a wife and eight children to lament his loss.— ' About eight o'clock in the evening the cable broke, and the vessel drifted ashore, and is supposed to have sustained but little damage. We are sorry to state that the fine new rope house at Malta, took fire on Sunday, the gth of Jtily, at about half-past seven in the morning, and in less than ten minutes it was in flames from one end to the other. The conflagration threatened destruc tion to every part of the dock-yard, but by the prompt exertions of the navy and army (from whom there was immediate . assistance,) it was kept under, • and almost extinguished by one o'clock at noon, with the loss only of the ropery and pitch store. The flames were only Orx feet from the hemp stores; had - they taken fire; every thing in the yard must have been destroyed. The. Clover Crops require particular attention at present, both from their abundance, and from the precarious state of the weather; and the following pre- Cautions, we are assured; will be found of great uti lity :—Let the clover be mown when the sun shines,. and, if possible, not after a strong dew in the morn ing, or rain during the night. Instead of letting the swathes lie flat on the ground, in a few hours after they are cut, or before the evening, if the wea ther continue fair, let them with- a fork or rake be raised gently, so as to seem to stand up, but not to be turned either then or at a fellowing period, unless they receive much wet. By this method the colour of.the clover and its nutritious properties will be of-, teetually . preserved; without this caution 'great in jury will be soon sustained. The harvest, in the neighbourhood of Durham, has now become general. The wheat crops appear' very luxuriant, and, notwithstanding the many alarming thunder-storms and heavy torrents of rain and sail which have fallen, if tine weather continues, the produce will be exceedingly bountiful. The Prisoners in .the different Compters of the .City and in the prisons of Middlesex will be removed to Newgate on Thursday, to take their trials at the ensuing Sessions, at the Old Bailey, which will com mence on the 20th instant. The following Address is taken from a Madras Newspaper, and we -give it a place, under the im pression that - it will be gratifying to our Readers to know the high sense of respect and esteem which all ranks and classes of men of the Madras Presi depcy entertained for Lieutenant-General Macdowall, their Commander in Chief. On TueSday last a Deputation of the Subscribers to a Service of Plate, to be presented to Lieutenant-Ge neral waited on his Excellency at the Commander in Chief's house in the Fort, when Mr. Roebnck, the Chairman of the Committee delivered himself in the following terms : Fort St. George, 20th Jan. 24, 1808, " " Wr . e. imve the honour to announce to you, that we hive tx•en appointed by a considerable - number of Gentlemen to present to you the following Resolu tions, at a numerous Meeting of the Gentlemen un der the Presidency of Madras, held in Fort Saint George, the 2d of Jan. 1809," LONDON : Printed by - 10 C At the SuN-OFFI ~~ ~M ~r~v~- R 11A KRIS, of No. 4, NI artleit.cal! t, Bow-street anti Cii, No. l ii, Strand ; . .wLere ildvertisements, Orders Mr. ROt I3UCK. in the Chair ; The Chairrnan having stated that the objeEt of the present Meeting is to Signify in an appropriate manner to Lieutenant-General Macdowall, the high sense of respect and esteem with which hiS uniform conduct has impressi!dthe Society of which be has been so long a Member. - - Resolved unanimously, That the public and private condu& of Lieutenant- General Macdowall, has been such as to conciliate the esteern and atfeEtion of the Members of this Community. ltesohed unanimously, That to convey these sentiments, it is the opinion of this Meeting, that a subscription be opened for -the purpose'ot raising a sum of money, to be lad out in the purchase of a Service of Plate, and that LieutenantGcneral .I‘ledowall be requested to ac 7 'cept of the same as a mark of the, high esteem and resped in which he is universally held. We need net say how highly acceptable the of fice is to us who' are so fully acquainted with your. charatler and conduEt. BENJAMIN ROEELTCK, Esq. Chairman. CECIL Sitrru, Esq. Lieutenant-Colonel HENRY-DAVIS. Lieutenant-Colonel W. Nicnoi.soN. Captain J. MARSHALL. .1. BALFOUR, 'Esq. Lieutenant-Colonel J. CAMPBELL. Lieutenant-Colonel F. CAPPER. • HIS EXCELLENCY'S REPLY. To BENJAMIN ROERUCK, Esq. Chairman, and the other mentioned Gentlemen. " GENTLEMEN,. " When you did me the honour to present the Resolutions of a Meeting of the Gentlemen under this Presidency, I. was' not prepared to offer you a suitable reply to the distinguished honour which the Meeting you repreSent has been pleased to confer upon me. Deeply affe6led . by the expressions of regard and approbation conveyed to me from so respectable a Society, it is in vain that I search for words that can in an adequate degree impart to you what I feel on so interesting an occasion ; the flatter ing sentiments contained in your Address, will, to the latest period of my existence, .be indeliblj im printed on a grateful heart.—AccustOmed to associate with you, and to enjoy an uninterrupted intercourse of hOpitality and kindness, my principal obje& has been to conciliate your friendship, and to obtain your esteem.' With honest pride and gratitude I shall always boast of succeeding in this laudable design, and of having acquired the applause and good-will of a numerous, 'generous, and highly re spe6ted community. The splendid gift which it was meditated to bestow upon Me is far beyond my ex peaations' or wishes; _a sumptuous present of this kind but ill accords with my limited fortune and !nimble views.' I cannot, however, refuse to accept so remarkable and so munificent a token of your fa vour and all : cation—till. my last breath I will pre 7 serve it: To you, Sir, and Gentlemen,' permit me to state my acknowledgments for the polite and im pressive manner tivith which you have complied with the sense of the Settlement.—l ant now on the eve of quitting India, Probably for ever.—Farewell.. " I have the honour to be, " Gentlemen, • " Your very faithful and obliged Servant,. • " HAY MiCDOWALL." Madras, 2Gth January, 18og. , Among the expedientS resorted to by the Tyro leans to supply the deficiency of fire-arms, was the use 'of wooden guns. Some of these having fallen into the hands of the Bavarians, have been-lodged in the arsenal at Munich, whither vast crowds resort daily to view them. The Emperor ALEXANDER passing lately from Ka meniostrow to the Winter Palace, his carriage (called a droschk) broke down ; by which accident, his Ma jesty's legs were much bruised, and two of his .atten dants. killed. Yesterday, between one and two o'clock, a gen tleman entered the coffee-room of the Angel-inn, be hind St. Clement's church, in the Strand. He ap peared agitated; and, after walking about the room for some minutes, he went to the privy. He had not been long there, when the ostlers in the yard heard the report of two pistols; and, perceiving smoke issuing from the--privy, they went to it, anti discovered the gentleman weltering in his. blood. One of the pistols had fallen between his legs, and the other was at his side.—Upon examination, it appeared that he had discharged them both. The 'contents of one of them had fratinred his skull near the left temple, in a shocking manner. The other 'appeared to have been discharged against his right cneek. The unhappy man was however still aliVe., He was immediately carried into the Angel Inn, and put to bed, and every possible attention was shewn to him. Doctors Stanton . and Thomas were called in, and they examined the state of his wounds, which' they pronounced mortal.' He had not, however, expired at t 2 o'clock last night. A . card was found in liispockety by which he was identified to be Mr. Abbot, an army agent, residing in Clement'i-ion. Ott S4turt.l4) , Int, at Eilinoinon, ora D.11.1;11. ter. , The same day, the Lady of George Welbank, Esq. of Lit tle Scotland-yard, Whitehall; of a Son. • On t loth inst. at Winchester House, Chelsea, the Lady of the lion, and - Rev. Thomas De _Grey, of a Daughter: . MARRIb .0n Situnlay last, at ‘Vattbrd Church, Hugh Smith, Esq. of Hemelitempstead, Herts, to bliss Mary King, of %Yat lord. • On the - gth inst. at Streatham Church, Surrey, David. Cock, Esq or Marshall-street, Golden-square, Army 'Clo flyer, to Miss Brodie, niece to Alexander Brodie, lisci. of Carey-street. • Pn the 4th inst. at Edinburgh, Mr. Davji Denny, jun. Manufacturer, of G la Row, to Miss Elizabeth Carrick, eldest daughter of the late Rev. Mr. Carrick, of New Kilpatrick. Lately, at Berwick Church, Thomas Milne, private of ;110 Forfarshire Militia, to Miss Eleanor Thomson, of Walker gam-lane, Berwick. 'DIED. On. the 31st ult. in the ;salt year of his age, Ccdirey, fourth son nt the late Or. Ferris, late Dean of Ban,. On Saturday the zd inst. onboard His Niajcst)'s ship Cou 7 rageux, oil Walcheren",•Edward Morant, Esy Ensign in His Majesty's First - Regiment of Guards, in the zetit year of hii agc o,n .Friday morning, at Harwich; -Lieutenant.Colonel Do. noldson, of the Guards. • The same day, at .Laytonstone, Essex, Mr • Joseph Det mar, of Belt street, St. George in the Last, aged 71 years. On. Saturday last, at -Flintilant, Nilrs , of an erysipelas, Mrs. Heslop, of klinthatn, and Litt; of Upper Belgrave-place, Pitt lico. The same day, at :Weymouth, after a few days illhessi Captain Richard Carruthers Corne, of the Royal Navy. On Sunday last, at Stoke Newing,ton,. atter. a long and painful illness, Mrs. Withali, Wite of r. Caleb Withal!. The same day, at Epping, Forest, after a lingering illness, Mrs. Brickwood, wife of Laurence Brick. wood, Esq. Aler, chant, London. In Spain, on the 3oth of July .1- , st, in conscpience of a wound received at the battle Cr Talavera, Capta:n Samuel. Gauntlet, of the 19th Regiment of Foot. On Wednesday- scfrinight, the Rev. Nicholas Meath, LL.B. a Prebendary of :Chichester Cat liedral,- and.Reetor of All can ningS, in Wiltshire. 'Lately, at her house at Tenhy,'Mrs. Routh, 'widow of the' late Mr. Routh,• fora - icily Proprietor of Sarah Farley tol journal. ?RJ(E 0 ,yrsT STOCKS P.D.I Bank Stock, Si!llt lndia Stock, Navy 5 per Cent 99;11 Imila ito.vir, z4s 2.5. pr. Irish 5 per Cent. shut Exch. Pills, 75. ibs. pr. 4 er tent. shut:. . ' I (Thulium, per Cent. Red. shut linperial - 3 per Cent. 3 per Ct. Cons. 0 . :; Lii ,i . kink. !Or cip:lring, 277 279 Bank L. t shut Cons, for Account, 6I;-; 1 . to . mvo:4 mmuck:Ts, scc. , RETURN OF WHEAT IN NIARK.I.ANE, BY Ivlest , rs: CHILD and M ALP As, Meal Weigher;,, Including only fro:u August zS, to 'September 2. agreeably to the Ad: 124 Quarters at I fiS 77 ---- at I TGS od 63 ----- at joBs od 33 -- at 1963 6.1 249 43 Quarters at 9 4s ca 236 —at 93:; od 476 at 92; 432 --,7-7. at yos od I 531 2 73 - at ..86; oct I '2; 85s. od 16 3 2?; • • a a t t Bas o Ras od t at Scs ad 3 -4 24 3 •at 78s ()d -137 at 77s od 146 -at 76s 0 1 5 0 at 755 -0 ( 4 rs at 735. per Sack. s. —A verage 935.. gid. tan last Return. is 1 79 396 -- at in2S cd 67,--- at lots cd I 35 0 335 - at 983 od , 1 93 - at 97s 6d 1 49 307 at 96s od 5S at 95$ 6d Awl 21 Quarter Total 5,758 Qua!ter, 1 i. Ingi:r A R IL I FURN OF FLO to Sept. t, 'from the LT 2, From Aug. z 5, Cocket-Officer Sacks. s. d. 68 90 o I to Kq o io = 88 o 117,09 85 o f 43 8 8 4 0 out 13,990 Sac' cs. Sacks. s. d. Sacks. s. ( 1 - 708 —S3 o I 457 ----- So 0 4; 8z 6 ic ---- 79 a 367 Sz o ---- 77° IS Sr 61 36 76 0 2 9 81 cj . • 65 -7; ° ks. --Average 84s. 60. per Quarter. ;d. higher than last return. PRICE ( F 1101'S. POCKETS. BAGS. Kent, 3!. lob,. to 41. tos. Sussex, 3!. is to 4 1 . 4N. Essex, 31. tos. to 41. los. Kent, 41. 63. to ;1. r 61,, Sussex, 31. toS. to 41. Ss• Farnham, 7f. —s, to 81. 03. SEEDS. Red Clover - 6os. od. to robs. do. :White ditto - - 6os. od. to I los. do. Trefoil x 53. od. to s's. do. Rye-Grass 28s. od. to 40s. quarter. White . Mustard Seed - Bs. od. to .sts. od. bushel Brown ditto - - ad.. to t6s. od. do. Turnip - - Jos. od."tO'lSs. do. NEWGATE AND LEADENHALL MARKETS. By the Carcase. Beef - 3s. 6d. to 4s. 6d. Veal 4s. Bd. to 6s. Mutton 45. 0(1. to ss. od. Pork ' 6s. Bd. to 7s. 41. Lamb - Ss. od. to 6s. od. PRICE OF LEATHER (per lb.) AT LEADENHALL. _ Butts, so to 561 b. each - - tgid. to ltd. Ditto, 56 to 661 b.. each - -23 d. to 25d. Merchants' Backs, - - - NO. to zril. Dressing Hides, - - - ad. to 19P. Fine Coach Hides, ' - - - 1 9 0. to 21 , 1.4 Crop tides, 45 to 4olb. for cutting - 170. to 19d- Ditto, 3o to 4olb. - _ 19( 1. to A I LI* Calf Skins, 30 to 4011). 251 to 32d. per lb. Ditto, - so, to 701 b. 33d. to 39d. pci• lb. Ditto, 7o to Solb. 3. - ,4. to 38d. per Jb. Small Seals (Greenland) 3s. od. to 3s. 3d. per lb. Large ditto, - loos. to thos. per Dozen. Goat skins, - —s. to —s. Tanned Hurse Hides, i9d. to ltd. per lb. RAW I 11 DES. Best Ileiters & Steers,(per sr.) 00inary 2S cd to os. 4 , • 2S ga 10 31 Sd 'Market Calf 13s od each d middlin g s zs 6d to os od E.ng.iorse 14, o d t o tbs. - Sheep Skins .- - • is fxt to zs 3d :. ' Lamb Skins - ' - zs od to 3s od • - TALLOW. PRICE OF St.l3rnes's Market 1 ss. 01. % TormTallo..v 99i. 61. "' kg. . Clare Market ss. 4 . 1-::. Yellow R u s s i a son ., ,--5 , i, `:'l►itectta p. Marl, et is. '9;'.. NV hire. ,r). ,6s. oil. os: o'" - l ie!' stone of Mb. ---L- , --- So,.p (In. y6s. —S. c - . 1 .: 1. 17s. 3d. ,'Melting StollSos. A werage price 55.,•94,1. . . 1 ' Dit to ,rougi): .4Fs. —5 , "7 -6 ° G . ravcs 14s. ad. ••• . . Cooa Drcp i.ls. scl• Yellow Soap, 1 ios.—Moiticd, vi4s.—Curd, 1:1%-:,. Price of Candies per dozen, I,ls . 64.—Mokil , is Isi 0 ' ___.--,' . - ----- , St. 1A N 1 ES's HAY Ni A kk'ET, S Er.r Hay, 41. t2s., 6d. to 61. Es. ed.---Aver. 51. 8;;• Straw, zi. Si. od. to 21. 143. Olt. —Aver, 21. so- 9 W Hll ECHA 1. 1-1 A YNI A 1:- "K. flay 51. ss. od. to 61. Izs„. o d.—Aver. 51. i;g . °' New 01. Os. od. to 01. Clover, 61. od. to 71. 7;. S , •""' Straw, 21. 4s. ad. ' -to 21.10:i. Od.—AVer. 21. D. Published '1O) . ; WILLIAM At MIG E R SCRI PPS, South Molten.street, :quart. or the P2pe.r -Letters for the . Editor, &c. tpost-paia), must ba addrcsszci. 1 V